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Method of reducing and preventing soil redeposition in an automatic dishwashing machine

US6924260B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 27, 2003
Grant dateAug 2, 2005
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Expiry dateMay 27, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC11D2111/20
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to the use of a water-soluble or water-dispersible copolymer comprising, in the form of polymerized units of at least one monomer compound bearing a quaternary ammonium (a) and at least one hydrophilic monomer (b) bearing a function of acidic nature which is copolymerizable with (a) and capable of ionizing in the application medium, the a/b molar ratio being between 50/50 and 10/90, in a method of reducing or preventing soil redeposition on kitchen- and tableware cleaned in an automatic dishwashing machine.

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